Snow Day 2011

Wednesday February 2, 2011. For days we had been hearing all kinds of news reports predicting a monster snowfall. 10 to 18 inches!! 2 feet!! The storm was to start Tuesday night, getting heavier as it went and we would all wake up snowed in on Wednesday. Well, as it turns out the snowstorm was not quite as bad as they were predicting. We still got about 7-8 inches at our house and it was enough that daycare closed for the day. Matt and I both stayed home from work with Rach and we enjoyed our very first Phillips Family Snow Day!!!
Rach taking in the view from our front window of all of the snow. She's also watching Matt out there shoveling. She kept slapping the window and calling out to her daddy!

We bought Rach her very first sled and snow pants earlier in the week in preparation for the coming snow. Here she is sitting in it with puppy. I pulled her around the living room a few times so that she would be familiar/comfortable with it once we were outside. She seemed to like it and wasn't scared at all!

I just think this picture is cute. Rach is just chilling in her birthday chair with puppy, just being her adorable little self.

We did take other pictures and video of her outside but I do not have those here ready to upload. We had such a great day! Rach was in an extra, super happy mood (I think she was thrilled to have a whole day home with her Mom & Dad!). She was really smiley, talkative, and full of laughs.

After Rach's nap we bundled her up big time and took her outside to play in the snow. We pulled her around in her sled and also took her down her baby hill/luge. Oh yes, Matt built Rach her very own baby sled luge hill in our backyard. Now how many other one year olds can say that?!? We didn't keep her out for too long since it was ridiculously cold out but we did have a blast while we were out. Afterwards we came back inside to warm up and do some cuddling. We watched the videos of Rach in the snow on the tv and also watched all the videos that were taken back at Rach's birthday party. That was so much fun!

I know I sound like a broken record, but it really was such a great day! I love my family more than anything in this world and to not only have an extra day to spend with Rachel but to also have a whole entire day that all 3 of us are home is amazing and just doesn't happen enough!